Surgical table



(No Model.)

LQB. RUSSELL.

SURGICAL TABLE.

Patented Deo.. 25,j 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LINUS E. RUSSEL-Ii, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SURGICAL TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,001, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed June ll, 1887. Serial No. 241,066. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINUS E. RUssELL, citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Surgical Table, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in surgical tables.

The invention consists of a main supporting-column mounted so as to be rotated in either direction, its upper end being divided; of a table secured to the upper divided end of said column which is provided with several members; of a head-board hinged to the table and having braces which engage with the column, and of a divided leg-board, each section of which is hinged to the table and each of which is provided with a support, which also engages with the standard.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l represent-s a perspective view of my improved surgical table, showing one member of the leg-board hanging down; Fig. 2, also a perspective view showing the head-board and both members of the leg-board hanging down, so as to economize in space when the t-able is not in use Fig. 3, a sectional view of a floor-joist and a metallic socket, and an elevation of the lower end of the supportingcolumn mounted in said socket; Fig. 4, a detached perspective view of the headboard, showing the connection of its brace thereto;

Fig. 5, a sectional view of a portion of thetable, showin the manner ot connecting the upper end of one of the branches of the standard thereto; and Fig. (i, a perspective view of a portion of said standard, showing the bar with which the braces engage.

The letter A designates the supportingstandard of my surgical table, the same consisting, by preference, of a stout metallic bar,

the lower end of which is round and provided with a shoulder, B, and is fitted into a inetallic socket, C, which in turn is fitted to some suitable support, by preference to the ioorjoist. This construction secures the standard against lateral sway and yet allows it to be freely rotated in 'either direction, so as to accommodate the table to the light and other exigcncies in particular cases. The upper portion of the standard is provided with a number-four in the present instance-of branches, D, which may be formed integrally wit-h the standard, and which at their 'Lipper ends are fitted into recesses in the bottom ot' the table E and secured by a bolt and handnut, F, as seen in Fig. 5. The head of the bolt is angular, and the bolt-hole in the table also angular, so as to prevent the-bolt from turning, and a plug is fitted into the upper end of the hole and finished oft' Hush with the table, so as to present a neat appearance. By this construction the table and its head and leg supports may be removed from the standard for shipment.

The letter G refers to thehead-board, which is hinged to the tableE by any approved form of hinge, as suggested at H, and may be adj usted at varying angles to the table to suit the desired posture of the patient. To the under side of the head-support is pivotally connected a brace, I, composed of two bars ot' iron placed edgewise, a bracket, J, being employed to forni the connection. The lower ends of these bars are preferably joined together, and on their under edges they are notched, so as to engage with the bar K, secured to the standard A.

The letter Il refers to two table-braces constructed, preferably, of metallic bars and secured to the bar K and to the table E, thereby additionallybracing the table and giving rig idity to the structure.

The letter M refers to the leg-support, the same consisting of two members-one for either leg-and both hinged to the table E in the same manner that the head-board is hinged to it. The table is slotted at N, and the members of the leg-support are placed one at each side ot said slot, so as to leave an intervening space agreeing substantially with the natural space between the legs of the patient. Each of these members of the leg-support is provided with a brace, O, and notched at the lower end, so as to also engage with the bar K. The members being independent, one leg maybe supported-that, for instance, which it is desired to operate uponwhile the other is allowed to hang down in a natural posit-ion and out of the way. Thus it will be seen that my improved table may IOO be swung around in either direction, and that the head-board may be adjusted at varying angles, and the leg-support also variously ad jnsted up and down, so as to support the lege` ot the patient at ditlerent positions. Again7 the head-bmird and leg-suzaiiort 'may be let down out o` the way, so as to eeononiize in the spat-e oeeupied by the table; and still again, the table may be detached troni the fooi-boards hinged tothe table respectively standard in ease ol" shipment.

Having thus Yt'ully described 1115Y invention, what l claim, and desire to ser-ure by Letters Patent, is-

A surgical table consisting ol the l'ollowinstrumenta]ities: a central metallic leg lng divided at its upperend-intotwo t'orward and i two rearward diverging branehee, a table seeured near ite` eornere` upon the said branches and having a Slot parti)` extended through its body and between the .forward branches, a 2o bar projecting laterallb'f from the central leg below the base of the branches, ay double brace secured near each end of said bar and extellded to near the Corners ot' the table and Secured thereto, a head-board hinged to said table, a Support composed of two bars Secured to it, embracing the central leg and notched to engage the transverse bar, two independent at each eide ot' the slot therein7 and a brace se eured 1o eaeh toot-board and iiotelied to engage the Said transverse bar, substantially as i shown and described.

LINUS E. RUSSELL.

W itnesees:

J. E. FELLows, E. E. S'rnwnnn. 

